a few years back during a visit to a
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disability center i happened to see a 14
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year old girl with intellectual
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disability
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she was pregnant abused by a family
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member she couldn't even explain what
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had happened to her even worse she
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didn't realize it was sexual abuse this
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left me deeply disturbed after
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consulting literature i realized this is
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not an isolated incident 80 percentage
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of children with intellectual disability
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are sexually victimized
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like her many children do not recognize
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sexual advances and lack enough
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vocabulary to report them
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the best way to help these children are
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providing them with a comprehensive
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sexuality education but unfortunately
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people consider these children as
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asexual and they are often accepted from
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any kind of sexuality education program
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parents and carers are the best people
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to train these children but studies have
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shown that they lack enough knowledge
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and skill so i have decided to help them
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by developing a training module which
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include a manual and videos that model
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best practices which can be easily used
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by parents and teachers to train these
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children without any
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additional training or course
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10 hours of training will keep them safe
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for a lifetime
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so i believe it is our responsibility to
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protect the most vulnerable population
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of community so please invest on the
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children help them and make the world
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safer for them your investment of seven
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thousand dollars will help me to do this
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thank you
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